CVE-2026-72497

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in the RDMA/bnxt re component where the WQE mode variable is not properly validated against the maximum slots supported by the hardware. The hardware supports a maximum value of 64K. Failure to implement minimum and maximum checks allows user-supplied values that are zero or exceed the hardware limit to be processed.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.